Thursday, June 9, 2022

Volunteer or client?

I'm still not sure what this group is all about.  It's not about diabetes, because even though we all seem to have it, we aren't talking about diet or exercise.

Seemingly it's about isolation, and, particularly, seniors in isolation.  Not getting out.  Having some kind of program to get seniors to get out.

The thing is, are we really resources to develop a program to help seniors in isolation, or are we guinea pigs?  Are we really creating a program to get seniors to get out and meet, or is this a sneaky way to get us seniors to get out and meet other seniors who are all convinced that we are meeting to plan a group to get seniors out and meeting seniors.

(There was a philosopher of the Tang dynasty, who one day dreamed he was a butterfly, and was never sure, thereafter, whether he was not a butterfly, dreaming himself to be a Chinese philosopher.  Envy him, in his two-fold security.)

It's very meta.  And confusing.

However, there is one indication.  If we were clients of the program, they would be giving us coffee.  Since they aren't, I assume we are volunteers.

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